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Voyage
Transportation
Alexander Mccabe was transported on the Boddingtons, departing 15th Feb 1793 and arriving 7th Aug 1793 with 129 passengers.
The Boddingtons was Built in 1781. She departed Cork Ireland on 15 February 1793 bound for New South Wales.
Boddingtons (generic)References
| Primary Source | HO 10/16 convict ships to NSW Bench of Magistrates Index 1788-1823 New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists, 1787-1834 for Alexander Mccabe New South Wales Male K-Y 1821 |
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"4x great grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Tried and convicted in County Louth in 1792, sentenced to transportation for life. Left Cork on 15th February 1793. Ship:- the 'Boddingtons' sailed with 125 male and 20 female convicts on board of which 1 male died during the voyage. Arrived on 7th August 1793. In the Colony, Alexander found himself in front of a Magistrate on several occassions. On 21st July 1798 he was before the Bench of Magistrates on suspicion of stealing wheat, no sentence found as yet. On 8th December 1798 he was charged with Neglect of duty and disobedience of orders. On 28th December 1799 Charged again with Neglecting work. In early 1811 he was sentenced to four years hard labour in the coal mines at Newcastle, arriving there in February of that year on the 'Lady Nelson'. When free again Alexander was assigned his future wife Catherine Wallace, (convict, 'Mary Anne I' 1816), who he married on 12th August 1816 at Richmond, they had 6 children between 1816-1830. November 1828 Census North Richmond, Hawkesbury, New South Wales McCabe, Alexander, 55, conditional pardon, Boddingtons, 1794, life,. Catholic, labourer, N. Richmond McCabe, Catherine, 37, free by servitude, Mary Ann, 1816, 7 years, Catholic McCabe, Catherine (Jun), 11, born in the colony McCabe, Anne, 9, born in the colony McCabe, Alexander (Jun), 6, born in the colony McCabe, Dennis, 5, born in the colony McCabe, Owen, 1, born in the colony